Dan Slater (Michigan) and Aries A. Arugay (Philippines): Polarizing Figures: Executive Power and Institutional Conflict in Asian Democracies. Josselin Canevet reviews Khaki Capital: The Political Economy of the Military of Southeast Asia, ed. Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat. Franky K.H. Choi (CUHK): How to Establish a Good Government? Lessons from Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore and Deng Xiaoping in China. Ward Berenschot (KITLV): The Political Economy of Clientelism: A Comparative Study of Indonesia’s Patronage Democracy. Three charts that explain boom in Southeast Asia’s net economy.
Thomas Talhelm (Chicago): Hong Kong Liberals are Weird: Analytic Thought Increases Support for Liberal Policies. How Aung San Suu Kyi lost her way: The former champion of democracy and human rights now tours the globe excusing the government’s record of atrocity. Southeast Asia’s populism is different but also dangerous. China has always wielded significant influence in Southeast Asia; lately, though, as the West turns its attention elsewhere, Beijing has been seeking to solidify its economic and political clout in the region.
